US4348583A - Rapidly-heated periodically-maintained heater for motor vehicle apparatus - Google Patents

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US4348583A
US4348583A US06/128,765 US12876580A US4348583A US 4348583 A US4348583 A US 4348583A US 12876580 A US12876580 A US 12876580A US 4348583 A US4348583 A US 4348583A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B1/00—Details of electric heating devices
    • H05B1/02—Automatic switching arrangements specially adapted to apparatus ; Control of heating devices
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02P—IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
    • F02P19/00—Incandescent ignition, e.g. during starting of internal combustion engines; Combination of incandescent and spark ignition
    • F02P19/02—Incandescent ignition, e.g. during starting of internal combustion engines; Combination of incandescent and spark ignition electric, e.g. layout of circuits of apparatus having glowing plugs
    • F02P19/025—Incandescent ignition, e.g. during starting of internal combustion engines; Combination of incandescent and spark ignition electric, e.g. layout of circuits of apparatus having glowing plugs with means for determining glow plug temperature or glow plug resistance
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05D—SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
    • G05D23/00—Control of temperature
    • G05D23/19—Control of temperature characterised by the use of electric means
    • G05D23/20—Control of temperature characterised by the use of electric means with sensing elements having variation of electric or magnetic properties with change of temperature
    • G05D23/24—Control of temperature characterised by the use of electric means with sensing elements having variation of electric or magnetic properties with change of temperature the sensing element having a resistance varying with temperature, e.g. a thermistor
    • G05D23/2401—Control of temperature characterised by the use of electric means with sensing elements having variation of electric or magnetic properties with change of temperature the sensing element having a resistance varying with temperature, e.g. a thermistor using a heating element as a sensing element
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B3/00—Engines characterised by air compression and subsequent fuel addition
    • F02B3/06—Engines characterised by air compression and subsequent fuel addition with compression ignition

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  • the invention relates to the field of motor vehicles. More particularly, the invention relates to apparatus for providing rapid heating of portions of the engine or of its associated elements, such as the exhaust gas catalyzer.
  • a heating element is connected in series with a bimetallic switch and a resistor. At the beginning of the heating cycle, the resistor is short-circuited and is later introduced into the circuit when the bimetallic switch has responded to the ambient temperature. It is a particular disadvantage of the known heating apparatus that high power is required even in the secondary heating period. Furthermore, the known apparatus provides no practical way to change the heating power generated during the second heating period.
  • a heating apparatus in which a heating element receives a predetermined amount of power during a first timing interval and wherein, during a second and consecutive timing interval, the heating current is delivered to the heater as a series of pulses.
  • This object is attained by synchronizing the power pulses delivered to the heater in the second heating interval with the decreases of the starter current of the engine.
  • the duration of the first heating interval may be determined in a variety of ways. According to the present invention it has been shown to be particularly advantageous if the effective resistance of the heating element is measured, for example in a resistance bridge. However, the heating process may also be electrically simulated.
  • the heating device according to the present invention may also be used to serve as a glow heater in self-ignited engines, and it may find use as a heater for heating exhaust gas detectors which are known to require a relatively elevated temperature for correct functioning.
  • FIG. 1 is a set of diagrams illustrating in FIG. 1a the temperature of the heating element as a function of time and in FIG. 1b the heating current as a function of time;
  • FIG. 2a is shown a diagram illustrating the starter current as a function of time
  • FIG. 2b shows the heater current as a function of time
  • FIG. 2c is a diagram of the overall battery current as a function of time
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a first exemplary embodiment of the heating device of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a second exemplary embodiment of the heating device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates five different variants for operating the heater according to the invention
  • FIG. 6 is a detailed circuit diagram of the apparatus shown in FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 7 is a detailed circuit diagram of the apparatus shown in FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 1 serve to illustrate the basic principle of the present invention for operating a rapid heating device according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 1a it is desired that the temperature of the heating element rise rapidly after which it is held at a predetermined level.
  • the heating power required to obtain this temperature behavior is illustrated in FIG. 1b. It will be seen that, during the initial heating phase, there is provided a constant heating current, while in the second heating phase, where the temperature remains nearly constant, the heating current is delivered as a series of pulses. There are thus two distinct time intervals during the heating process.
  • FIG. 3 which illustrates a first embodiment of the invention includes a heating element 10 and a switch 11.
  • a measuring resistor 12 is connected between these two elements and the entire series connection is placed between the positive and negative poles 14 and 15, respectively, of a power source.
  • Two bridge resistors 16 and 17 are placed in parallel with the measuring resistor 12 and the heating element 10.
  • the junction of the heating element 10 and the resistor 12 is connected to one input of a comparator 18 while its other input is connected to the junction of resistors 16 and 17.
  • the output of the comparator 18 is coupled to a switching circuit 20 which actuates the switch 11.
  • a pulse generator 22 is also coupled into the switching circuit 20.
  • the generator 22 may be a freely oscillating pulse generator or it may be sychronized by synchronizing pulses received from a comparator 24, as actuated by the starter 25.
  • the synchronization of the circuit may also take place on the basis of modulations in the supply current.
  • the rapid heating device illustrated in FIG. 3 operates as follows:
  • the pulse generator 22 causes the switching circuit 20 to close the contact 11 for a short period of time, for example 10 ms.
  • the bridge circuit consisting of resistors 16, 17, 12 and the heater element 10, as well as the comparator 18, are supplied with power and the output of the comparator 18 now holds the contact 11 closed until such time as the increasing temperature of the heating element 10 has caused the bridge to be balanced.
  • the circuit 20 causes the switch 11 to be turned on and off at the frequency of the output signal from the generator 22.
  • This output signal may be independent of the starter current or it may be synchronized therewith. It is also possible to change the width of the output pulse from the generator 22.
  • the comparator 18 is supplied with power preferably from a point of the switch 11 remote from the positive supply line 14.
  • the circuit illustrated in FIG. 3 makes it possible to terminate all heating intervals in exact dependence on the temperature of the heating element provided that the resistance of the heating element 10 is a clear function of its temperature. It is worth noting that the resistance of the measuring resistor 12 is in the range of approximately 0.004 ohm, which holds resistive losses therein to extremely low values.
  • FIG. 4 A second exemplary embodiment of the rapid heating device of the invention is illustrated in FIG. 4 in which the thermal behavior of the heating element 10 is simulated electrically by means of RC elements.
  • An advantage of the embodiment of FIG. 4 is the absence of the measuring resistor 12 used in the embodiment of FIG. 3.
  • a switch 11 and a heating element 10 is connected between the power lines 14 and 15. Their junction is connected via a resistor 30 with a line 31 from which a capacitor 32 and a resistor 33 are connected to ground. Also connected to the line 31 is a threshold switch 35 whose output 36 goes to the previously mentioned switching circuit 20.
  • the closing of the switch 11 initiates the first heating interval in which the heating element 10 is heated very rapidly.
  • the capacitor 32 is charged at a rate depending on the values of the resistors 30 and 33 and the magnitude of the capacitor 32 itself.
  • the threshold switch 35 responds and causes the switching circuit 20 to initiate the pulsed operation characteristic of the second heating interval.
  • the resistor 33 connected in parallel with the capacitor 32 serves to simulate the cooling of the heating element. Accordingly, this embodiment of the rapid heating device of the invention requires an exact calibration with the heating element 10 so as to permit exact simulation of its thermal behavior.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a number of variants of a simplified rapid heating device according to the present invention.
  • a rapid heating device in which the heating element 10 is connected in series with a bimetallic switch 40.
  • the bimetallic switch 40 In the bimetallic switch 40, the heating coil and the switch are connected in series and the switch is normally closed. Thus when heating current has been flowing for a certain period of time, the switch opens, the current is interrupted so that the switch cools down and recloses electrically. The power used within the bimetallic switch 40 is lost as heating power for the element 10 however.
  • FIG. 5b A modified embodiment is shown in FIG. 5b. In this circuit, the heating coil and the switch within the bimetallic switch 41 are connected in parallel and the switch itself is connected in series with a relay 43 which actuates the switch 11. The bimetallic switch 41 is connected in parallel with the primary heating element 10.
  • FIG. 5c A similar rapid heating device is shown in FIG. 5c which includes a switch actuated by an extensible wire switch 45.
  • the primary element 10 is connected in parallel with the series connection of the extensible wire switch 45 and a relay 43 which actuates the switch 11.
  • FIG. 5d A still further modification is shown in FIG. 5d where the primary heating element 10 is connected in series with a cold conductor 48 and a relay 43.
  • the initially low resistance of the cold conductor 48 causes the relay 43 to be actuated.
  • a separate turn-on pulse must be provided to the relay 43.
  • FIG. 5e illustrates yet another possibility for embodying a rapid heating device.
  • a secondary heating coil 50 acts on a cold conductor 51.
  • the cold conductor 51 is one resistor in a voltage divider having a further resistor 52 and connected between the sources of power 14 and 15.
  • the voltage across the cold conductor 51 is fed to a Schmitt trigger 55 whose output signal engages the switching circuit 20 which, in turn, actuates the switch 11 connected in series with the primary heating element 10.
  • FIG. 6 is a detailed circuit diagram of the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3. It includes the previously mentioned bridge circuit consisting of the resistors 12, 16 and 17 and the primary heater consisting of four separate elements 10.
  • the resistance of an individual element 10 may be approximately 40 m ⁇ while the measuring resistor 12 may have a value from 2 to 3 m ⁇ .
  • the bridge circuit is connected in series with the switch 11 and provided with power via power supply lines 14 and 15.
  • a junction point 60 is connected via diodes 62 and 63 to one of the inputs of the comparator 18 while the circuit point 61 is connected via diodes 64 and 65 to the other input of the comparator 18.
  • Each of the inputs is connected to ground 15 via respective resistors 67 and 68.
  • the positive power input 69 of the comparator 18 is connected to the junction of the switch 11 and the measuring resistor 12.
  • the output 70 of the comparator 18 is connected via a resistor 71 to the base of a transistor 72 whose emitter is connected to the positive power bus 14 and whose collector is connected to the negative supply line 15 via the parallel connection of a relay 73 and a blocking diode 74.
  • the base of the transistor 72 is connected to the positive supply rail 14 via a resistor 75 and its collector is connected to the positive supply line 14 via a capacitor 77 and a resistor 78.
  • a voltage divider consisting of resistors 79 and 80 and a diode 81 is connected between the junction of the capacitor 77 and the resistor 78 on the one hand, and the negative supply line 15 on the other hand.
  • the Darlington output stage of the comparator 18 Connected in parallel with the resistor 80 is the Darlington output stage of the comparator 18 connected in series with the parallel configuration of a resistor 82 and a diode 83 connected in current-passing polarity.
  • the output 70 of the comparator 18 goes to a low voltage via the resistor 78 and the voltage divider consisting of the resistors 79 and 80. Accordingly, the transistor 72 is rendered conducting, the relay 73 is energized and the switch 11 is closed. Thus begins the first heating interval while at the same time the comparator 18 receives its supply voltage via the input 69. The presence of the diode 62-65 insures that the input voltages are below the supply voltage so as to insure the reliable operation of the comparator 18. As the heating elements 10 become warmer, the bridge approaches its balanced condition and when the diagonal voltage of the bridge and thus the differential voltage between the input contacts of the comparator 18 has become smaller than a given small value, the comparator output 70 switches to a positive signal.
  • This signal blocks the transistor 72, causing the voltage across the relay 73 to drop so that the switch 11 re-opens while at the same time the voltage across the resistor 80 decreases.
  • the comparator 18 and the generator 22 are not separate and independent elements but the circuit referred to as the comparator 18 is actually an integrated circuit, e.g. of the type TAA 865, which serves at the same time for pulse generation. It should be noted however that, depending on the resistance values of the resistors 78, 79 and 80, there is an automatic synchronization of the switch 11 with the undulations of the starter current because the undulations of the supply voltage on the line 14 actually cause the triggering of the switching processes in the circuit of FIG. 6.
  • FIG. 7 A detailed circuit diagram of the embodiment of FIG. 4 is given in FIG. 7.
  • the switch 11 and the heater 10 are connected between the positive supply 14 and the negative supply line 15. Connected across the heater is a voltage divider consisting of resistors 90 and 91. The junction of these two resistors is connected via a diode 92 and a resistor 93 to the line 31 which is grounded via a capacitor 32 and is also connected to the base of a transistor 94 whose collector is attached to the positive supply line 14 and whose emitter goes to the base of a further transistor 95.
  • the transistor 95 is part of a series connection of a resistor 96, a resistor 97 and two diodes 98 and 99 all connected between the positive and negative supply lines.
  • the resistor 96 itself is a part of a voltage divider consisting of that resistor as well as the resistors 100 and 101, and the junction of the resistors 100 and 101 is joined to the base of a further transistor 102 connected in series with a fourth transistor 103.
  • the emitter of the transistor 102 is connected via a resistor 106 and a resistor 105 to the positive line 14 while the base of the transistor 103 is connected via a resistor 108 to the negative line 15.
  • a diode 109 is connected in blockage polarity across the resistor 108.
  • the base of the transistor 103 is further connected via a resistor 110 to the positive side 111 of the engine starter 112.
  • the starter 112 receives power via a line 113, not further shown.
  • resistors 105 and 106 are connected to the base of a transistor 72 whose emitter is connected directly to the positive line 14 and whose collector is connected via the parallel configuration of a relay 73 and a flow-blocking diode 74 to the negative line 15.
  • the capacitor 32 now discharges through the resistor 33 until the transistor 94 again blocks and the entire process begins anew.
  • the undulations of the power supply voltage due to the operation of the starter cause a synchronization of the pulsed heater current with the undulations of the starter current.
  • Rapid heating devices make it possible to insure that a common heating element 10, which may be of any type whatever, can be rapidly brought to a predetermined nominal heating power which is maintained on the average thereafter while being supplied with pulsed current. In order to protect the heating element, it may also be provided that the temperature is actually reduced during the second pulsed time interval. Rapid heating devices such as described hereinabove may be used in motor vehicles, for example as glow heaters in engines with auto-ignition, so as to enhance and speed up the starting process. They may also be used to heat apparatus located in the exhaust system which requires a certain elevated temperature for proper operation. Such apparatus is, for example, the oxygen sensor and certain catalyzers. The rapid heating of these devices is required so as to permit controllers to regulate the engine operation to provide an exhaust gas free from noxious components.

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